Inb4 EU and Canada signs a great trade deal just to screw over Trump.
He already blinked on the Canada tariffs. Put it off another month. We didn't even pretend to do anything to appease him this time.
I don't see that he's put it off. He's all over the place about it, as usual, but it's still a possibility.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tariffs-update-march-4-1.7468442
Bloomberg is reporting it's pushed back to April 2:
But you're right, he's all over the place about it.
As an American, I agree. They should.
Time for Ukraine to join the EU quickly. Tariff his precious minerals.
Orange fuckwit.
We're trying!
Try harder. EU takes longer to make a decision than a sloth on ketamine
I still hope Zelenskyy is coming here Friday to announce that they decided to take the deal from Germany, and Zelenskyy ends the press conference with a double bird for Trump. It won’t happen but man I would love Zelenskyy even more if he did.
He's not completely wrong. One of the benefits EU provides is better bargaining power for its members against countries like the US.
Sanctions or tariffs on any individual EU country would likely lead to collective response.
He is completely wrong. The EU was formed after WW2 to prevent another war on the continent and to increase economic cooperation. The fact that makes us a much stronger block for negotiating trade deals was a side benefit, not its purpose. And it only works to screw over countries that are trying to screw us first.
Almost like a certain military alliance this asshole wants out of. Hmmm...
The EU was formed to screw the US... THE EU WAS FORMED TO SCREW THE US?! Bruh dude is possibly channeling Hitler and Stalin simultaneously. That's the only thing that makes sense. Or he's terminally dumb. One of the two.
Definitely channeling Putin.
Trump is kinda right. Charles De Gaulle wanted a united Europe to prevent Anglo-American influence. Aside from his Anglophobia, he vetoed UK joining then EEC because he thought UK is a Trojan horse for American influence into Europe. He also thought that the British are reluctant Europeans anyhow, so why let them in?
Fast forward 60 years later, and De Gaulle was found right. US companies tried to lobby the EU through UK. The Brits voted for Brexit, and the US finally became an unreliable ally.
For so much of the French being chauvinistic in a cringey way, they are right not to commit to Anglo influence or Atlanticism, presciently. The French still likes to assert their own global influence but in multilateral way with other countries. Macron and De Gaulle are correct for looking for strategic autonomy.
Edit: I also want to add, that the Brussels effect forces other countries to adopt higher standards and regulations if they want to trade with the EU. Obviously, many right wing Americans such as Trump don't like this.
Brussels effects haters be like: "I really fucking hate USB type-C cables being on every device where it makes sense! I want to bo back to expensive and crappy proprietary cables only the original manufacturer is allowed to make!"
You will plug in ze usb c and you will be happy
I'm in the EU and I very much I hope he does, beause the response will be spectacular: apparently there is an Act from 2023 that the EU can respond to this by suspending intellectual property rights of US companies, plus from last time Trump was President the EU learned to target counter-Tariffs for maximum political effect (basically hitting Republican states hardest) and that will also work fine in targetting US companies politically affiliated with Trump (bye, bye, Tesla!).
Also it will definitelly finish off any lingering delusions of European politicians that the US is an "ally".
The Orange Turd has found his favorite word and he will use it for everything!
Yes, please, do that. I'm so curious who will he blame when the dollar will be 0.54 euros
I mean, we have retaliatory tariffs ready to go too, and I'm not sure they'd be any less damaging.
If we went nuclear shutting off power to New York and water to Seattle and Boise is a thing we could do.
DO IT! COMON! DO IT! Make every european leader more alligned with the EU and push us more and more together and more indipendent again!
DO IT! SCARDY CAT
The EU was setup to help protect Europe and enable them to have better control over overly enthusiastic capitalist companies such as those found in the US.
But what do we expect from a low intelligence puppet of Russia?
Trump’s tariffs: Swinging a 25% hammer while shouting, “They started it!”—peak trade war theatrics.
😺😺😺😺
Wtf kinda drug are the elite in the US on?
Russian psy-ops boosted by algos from coked up tech bros.
Ketamine, or so I heard.
Fucking do it then, cunt!
Wake me when that pussy manages to even speak in his own cabinet meetings without elon interrupting.
God it is going to be kind of delightful watching America get what it deserves over the next few years.
yeah american tourists are going to have a hard time in the next 50 years.
Studies show the majority of Americans don't have a passport let alone have left their own state. 3rd world country.
This is at least 50% because of the sharp decline in swasticar sales in the EU.
It’s retaliation for free market forces hurting his dommy mommy’s Xitter feefees.
The other 50% is probably some combination of EU being willing to incorporate Ukraine and throwing around buzzwords because his brain is riddled with holes from puppet strings and drugs.
Ok so to recap: stuff made in Mexico? Tariffs! Stuff made in Canada? Tariffs! Stuff made in the EU? Tariffs! Stuff made in China? Tariffs!
Is he jealous of the European 20-25% VAT?
Please EU, don't retaliate on this. If the US put tariffs on everything from everywhere, then it's just masochism and we should let them enjoy the suffering
Nah, do retaliate. Because the only thing the morons over here understand is “uh oh, line go down”.
food undercooked? tarriff!
Food overcooked? Believe it or not, tarriff!
Do it. See what happens to that beautiful country of yours. What do you even provide the world besides shitty tech like meta and microsoft?
Would love to be in the guy's head for just 5 minutes, to see if he's high or crazy or what.
Isn’t it the other way around. The USA was formed to screw over the European world powers.
The US was a white colonialist project that once it became strong enough wrestled independence from the colonialist nations that started it, pretty much like has happenned all throught History.
IMHO, the people it was formed to screw over were the natives of the land the colonialists stole - so he members of the native Indian tribes.
Putin's puppet
Do it you pussy! Come on! DO IT!
welp, orange donvict did promote his platform as "America First!".
The EU was formed for America First!
Mmm... Orangutan starts throwing shtuff at all the other apes and then complains when they don't want to hang out with him any more
What a ferkin ashole
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